Autogenous bone grafts in oral implantology—is it still a “gold standard”? A consecutive review of 279 patients with 456 clinical procedures

International Journal of Implant Dentistry

Table 3 Intra- and postoperative complications after autologous bone harvesting

Postoperative complications	%/procedures (N)
At donor site^a
Wound infection	2.6% (8/300)
At recipient site^b
Soft tissue dehiscence	6.3% (24/378)
Wound infection	5.8% (22/378)
Graft exposure	5.5% (21/378)
Maxillary sinusitis	0.5% (2/378)
Hemorrhage	0.26% (1/378)
Nerve disturbance
Temporary hypoesthesia mental nerve after grafting from ramus mandible	10.5% (11/104)
Temporary hypoesthesia lingual nerve after grafting from ramus mandible	2.8% (3/104)
Temporary hypoesthesia mental/lingual nerve after grafting from symphysis mandible	0%
Temporary hypoesthesia infraorbital nerve^c	2.6% (6/225)
Sinus membrane perforation^c	4.8% (11/225)

^a N refers to the total number of donor sites (N = 300)
^b N refers to the total number of recipient sites (N = 378)
^c N refers to the total number of the surgical approaches in the maxilla (N = 225)